The other coincidence problem

January 26, 2010 by Berian James

J. S. Bloom points out:

$\Omega_{\Lambda,0} \approxeq 1 - \left(\frac{1}{\alpha_0}\right)^{1/e}/\pi^e;$

so putting constraints on the evolution of the fine structure constant away from its present value. With no apologies whatsoever to xkcd.

on January 27, 2010 at 6:03 pm | Reply Josh Bloom

To be fair, this was to show that a genetic algorithm could be used to generate any crackpot connection between numbers and constants.
on January 27, 2010 at 6:09 pm | Reply Berian James

Okay, okay! You’re right that I should have made that more explicit. 🙂

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